bear
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
Other meanings
The meat of this animal.
A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
A kind of
- carnivore
Kinds of bear
- brown bear
- black bear
- ice bear
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bera".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.